Virus may put paid to most treasured event
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsCommon Riding cannot take place in its customary way THERE will be no Langholm Cornet this year. The inevitable but shock decision was made by the Common Riding trustees and members on Tuesday. The unprecedented international health crisis, which is…
Electric vehicle ports coming to Langholm
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsCouncil is waiting for a sub-station to be built on the Kilngreen WORK is progressing to install electric charging points for vehicles on the Kilngreen in Langholm. A sub-station needs to be put in place before the points are put…
Beef sector could be more efficient
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentTHERE is ‘considerable opportunity’ to improve the efficiency of the beef sector in Scotland, according to new research published by Scotland’s Rural College. Future policy should also consider positioning Scotch Beef as a high-quality, slow-finishing, grass-reared product to differentiate it…
£3.5m price tag to buy Langholm Moor
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsPrivate donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT LEAST £3.5m will have to be raised in the community through private donations and crowd-funding to buy Langholm Moor from Buccleuch, it has been revealed. The Langholm Initiative’s community buy-out…
Joint response
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsDUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a full meeting of members tomorrow to consider swift measures to prepare the local authority for the coronavirus pandemic. The council has been co-ordinating a response alongside NHS Dumfries & Galloway…
Community rallies to support people at risk
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsCOMMUNITY and business life in Eskdale and Liddesdale is grinding to a halt as the coronavirus COVID-19 tightens its grip on the UK and around the world. Venues are closing their doors and user groups are cancelling their meetings and…
Double celebration
Rugby RUGBY fans from Langholm enjoyed a double celebration when…
More stock is sold, average prices fall
LIVESTOCK sold through Scotland’s auction marts fetched £482.m last year,…
Langholm teenager is elected to parliament
Cameron is keen to start his fledgling parliamentary career A…
Region poised to deal with potential outbreak
All 33 tests for virus in Dumfries and Galloway are…
Project awarded £600k
Trust to develop Buccleuch House for learning and enterprise MORE…
Moorland purchase reaches critical stage
EXCLUSIVE: Public urged to get behind buy-out and sign petition…
Academy are Scottish champions
Heptathlon LANGHOLM Academy were crowned West of Scotland regional champions…
Cleaning up the Liddel
EWCASTLETON Wildlife Club members braved more rain last Friday to…
Patrons follow lunch with a talk
CAMPBELL Scott, a trustee of the Langholm Initiative and project…
Community ownership conference a great success
A MAJOR conference for public sector organisations and communities all…
OH CALAMITY!
IT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after…
We continue our serialisation of Wattie Bell’s book.
Happy Nights under the Gas Lamps But it was with…
Return to glass proving successful
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsBOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to the environmentally-aware retailer J M Ritchie at his New Town Convenience Store in Thomas Telford Road. John’s daughter, Lorna, brought it to his attention as a way to protect the…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsResidents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced OPPOSITION to a comprehensive flood protection scheme in Langholm is growing after an online poll attracted more than 90 names last weekend. Two weeks ago Dumfries and Galloway Council’s flood…
Semi-final netted
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Netball School SportNetball LANGHOLM Academy’s senior netball team secured a Scottish Cup semi-final spot against Abroath High School with a fantastic performance in the quarter-final against Craigmount Red from Edinburgh last Thursday. The team was made up of Emily Foster, Abi Couper,…
Sports centre group makes good progress
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDesign feasibility study will be ready for the public during May THE group investigating the redevelopment of a former sports centre in Langholm will be ready to present the findings of its design feasibility study in May. Its next major…
Farms need better pollinator practice
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentDespite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were failing to provide all the resources insect pollinators need. With more than 70 per cent of crops worldwide relying on insect pollinators, it highlights the need to create a variety…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Common Riding NewsHe followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common Riding THE chairman of the Common Riding members has announced he will step down from the post in April next year. Roger Maxwell told the members at their February meeting…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Donations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Walls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular…
Launch of Digital Hub
THE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub…
Holy Isle retreat brings patience and generosity
Daily distractions abandoned at Centre of World Peace and Health…
Farmers of Eskdale have a ball
THE annual Eskdale farmers’ dance was held in the school…
D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Rethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway…
Valentine’s day treat
Langholm primary pupils raise £700 at their coffee morning A…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Group encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A…
Devastating flood rages through seventy homes
River bursts its banks leaving residents wading through water up…
Floods, Gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
ESKDALE and Liddesdale were battered by Storm Ciara last weekend…
Lewis is uni champ
Athletics A LANGHOLM athlete, who receives funding from “Welcome to…
Benty open singles
THE Benty hall bowlers held their annual open singles tournament…
Fashion regenerated
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTURNING scrap fabrics into eye-catching and colourful clothes and showcasing them in the places where they were dyed and woven. That was the challenge set for a group of textile students and there was no better place to come to…
Jobs for vital volunteers
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | LifestyleAVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it opened in 2007. Her reasons for volunteering are many. She had just retired and wanted to keep busy. She said: “I realised the centre had great potential for being a…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsOrganisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic artist Sophie Jarzyna has been awarded a bursary from arts and crafts organisation Upland through its Emerge project. This is a nine-month programme of mentoring and a bursary for emerging…
Oz flags fly at tower
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsPerth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors AN AUSTRALIAN couple, who visited Gilnockie Tower last autumn, sent two of their country’s flags to be flown from the tower’s flagpoles on Australia Day. Shellie and Brett Cummings of…
Moor buy-out deadline approaches
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community buy-out of Langholm Moor. Feasibility studies are now complete and their findings are being considered in detail by the board and members of the working group. The organisation is in…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsCompany urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS have been raised with a Langholm councillor about a proposal by a company to buy the former primary school and convert it into an independent school for troubled children. Councillor…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Eskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Council writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
An account of a visit to this marvellous city and…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Community councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
A number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step…
Langholm with the Lid Off
In his introduction to Langholm with the Lid Off, author…
Popular event packs out hall
EVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Scotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Canonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Langholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Good news for both locals and visitors THE news that…
